Botany

Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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Botany

taxon

Plants; Botany

A group or category, at any level, in a system for classifying plants or animals.

mallee

Plants; Botany

A growth habit in which several woody stems arise separately from a lignotuber (usually applied to shrubby eucalypts); a plant having the above growth habit.

nut

Plants; Botany

A hard, dry, indehiscent fruit formed from two or more carpels but containing only one seed.

prickle

Plants; Botany

A hard, pointed outgrowth from the surface of a plant, involving several layers of cells but not containing a vein.

accessory fruit

Plants; Botany

A fruit, or group of fruits derived from one flower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit(s) attached.